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Weather extremes

How extreme does Victoria's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Victoria has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Victoria Gonzales Hts station 3 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Victoria has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Jun 29, 2021

That is about 38°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Victoria (typical high near 66°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Jun 29, 2021recent
2 96°F Jul 23, 2004
3 95°F Jul 30, 2009
❄️ Coldest night
12°F Nov 27, 1985

About 29°F colder than a normal November night in Victoria (typical low near 41°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 12°F Nov 27, 1985
2 14°F Dec 31, 1978
3 15°F Dec 27, 2021
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.26 in Feb 26, 2006

More rain in a single day than Victoria usually gets in the whole month of February (typical February total about 2.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.26 in Feb 26, 2006
2 3.66 in Nov 7, 1995
3 3.63 in Nov 15, 2021
Most snow in one day
9.4 in Dec 28, 1984

The three most extreme on record

1 9.4 in Dec 28, 1984
2 6.7 in Nov 26, 1985
3 5.7 in Jan 4, 1973

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Victoria's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 104°F is about 38°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Victoria's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as 12°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain or close to 9 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 26 years of daily observations at Victoria Gonzales CS, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →